New designer on board

[kroskris]

Originally Posted by hoytedow

Kroskris, I have been reading the interesting history of your country. You must have some great stories about your new and old country!

Yes, we went trough some rough changes.
In 1991, we had an only 10 days long war and that was the beginning of the end of Yugoslavia. I was a 11 years young boy then and we have hidden ourselves in the basement, when the old MIG-s have flown above our houses.
Lucky for my family, we live on the border with Austria, so they (Serbia) didn't dare to drop bombs on our land...

Today we (Slovenia) are a member of EU and have the Euro Currency.

Still, there is lot to be done in the politics and our economy, because there is still a lot of "old thinking" present in the government.

But i must point out, that our experience in the cruelty of the war, wasn't even 1% of the intensity, that was later present in Bosnia and Kosovo.

[kroskris]

Originally Posted by daiquiri

Hi Kroskris, welcome here.

That's a very nice boat. And it is an interesting way of gaining more cabin room, if that's a cabin (attached photo). Pretty uncommon solution for modern fast cruisers of that size. Was it your client's request to sacrifice the aft cockpit for another cabin and more berths? Where is the engine room, and how do you access it?
Keep doing the good job.

Cheers

Yes, my client wanted to have a smaller aft cabin cruiser. They already have a 370 Aft Cabin Cruiser, with the same concept as this one, only with another minicabin in the middle.

The entrance to this aft cabin is directly on the left side, when stepping into the salon. Front and aft cabin have full headroom. The front has one double berth and the aft cabin has two separate berths. One for 2 persons and one single.

The engine room is under the salon. You can see the hinges under the table on the floor, on the salon render. This is the engine hatch, opened to port side. Inside there is a Volvo D4 single engine with up to 300hp.

[kach22i]

Nice design, beautiful presentation drawings.

[daiquiri]

Originally Posted by kroskris

The engine room is under the salon. You can see the hinges under the table on the floor, on the salon render. This is the engine hatch, opened to port side. Inside there is a Volvo D4 single engine with up to 300hp.

I hope it is not the only hatch for the access to the engine room, because a Volvo D4 has a size of around L1000xW900xH900 mm. It will be quite difficult to pull it out through that hatch in case of a major overhaul, imho. The aft cabin will be an additional obstruction during the operation, because of it's height.
That's just a thought from me... If you have already considered and resolved the accessibility problem, please ignore my observations.

[Alik]

Originally Posted by daiquiri

I hope it is not the only hatch for the access to the engine room, because...

That was my concern also. Another concern: CG of this boat, with engine in the middle.

Nice work, nice presentation though.

[kroskris]

I see, you are all guys with experience.

The Engine can be lifted out directly trough the hardtop opening, which is very large. I have also considered the CG and yes, it is more forward but also the hull has more bearing at front.
Offcourse a very accurate load case was made, to see how the boat will actualy look, when in water.

[kroskris]

Originally Posted by daiquiri

I hope it is not the only hatch for the access to the engine room, because a Volvo D4 has a size of around L1000xW900xH900 mm. It will be quite difficult to pull it out through that hatch in case of a major overhaul, imho. The aft cabin will be an additional obstruction during the operation, because of it's height.
That's just a thought from me... If you have already considered and resolved the accessibility problem, please ignore my observations.

And i forgot to mention, that the hatch visible in the render is only for every day acces. But when the engine needs to be taken out, then the whole floor under the table can be easily removed, since it is made like a semifixed cover.

[kroskris]

Im just kicking up this thread, to let you all know, that my site is finaly made and i would be happy to get some feedback.

See it here
www.nikldesign.si

And also the addres is in my signature.

All the best to you all